Climate Crisis, Science, and Education
This alert from the Alliance of World Scientists (AWS) stresses that the world is in danger due to the climate crisis and that a paradigm …
Author: Shani Cairns, MLIS, Science Communicator
Debunked: GW Not Man-Made
Not only is global warming, aka climate change, one of the most important issues of our time, it is also one of the most fractious. The POTUS has called climate change a hoax and stepped out of the Paris Agreement against the people’s wishes. Behind him are many sophisticated denial campaigns with fraudulent science claims made by mercenary or paid scientists funded by dark money.
Debunked: The Climate Denier Campaign
Science Fact v. Science Fiction It has become popular to confound science fact wi
th science fiction. This maelstrom of propaganda fabricated from half truths littered with ambiguous data, now referred to as fake news, is showing up everywhere.
Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: Rapid degradation of the world’s large lakes
This alert from the Alliance of World Scientists (AWS) brings to light disturbing evidence from studies pertaining to the ecosystems of the world’s large lakes. …
Scientists’ Warning on Endangered Food Webs
This alert from the Alliance of World Scientists (AWS) examines the collapse of food webs as a result of global change stressors. The following is …
Solutions for Humanity on How to Conserve Insects
This alert from the Alliance of World Scientists (AWS) examines insect diversity loss, the value of insects, and solutions for preventing further insect decline. The …
Scientists’ Warning to Humanity on Insect Extinctions
This article examines the causes of insect extinctions, such as overexploitation, climate change, and pollution, and its impacts, such as loss of biomass and biodiversity. …
Scientists’ Warning: Microorganisms and Climate Change
Scientists’ Warning: Microorganisms and Climate Change This additional alert from the Alliance of World Scientists (AWS) examines the critical role that microorganisms play in the …